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Writing

Edwin Justus Mayer

Career

Active from 1927 to 1945, busiest in 1933 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Edwin Justus Mayer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.2, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.5, average 1.6
  • Coming of Age
    2.0, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Classic Hollywood 2
  • Melodrama 2
  • Star-Crossed Lovers 2
  • Moral Conflict 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Sharp Dialogue 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

34
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

1 title · average score 65
The Buccaneer
The Buccaneer (1958)
GoodWatch score 65

Script

1940s

5 titles · average score 63
A Royal Scandal
A Royal Scandal (1945)
GoodWatch score 44

Screenplay

Masquerade in Mexico
Masquerade in Mexico (1945)

Story

To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
GoodWatch score 87

Screenplay

They Met in Bombay
They Met in Bombay (1941)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay

Underground
Underground (1941)
GoodWatch score 57

Story

1930s

24 titles · average score 62
Rio
Rio (1939)
GoodWatch score 58

Screenplay

Exile Express
Exile Express (1939)

Writer

The Buccaneer
The Buccaneer (1938)
GoodWatch score 54

Screenplay

Desire
Desire (1936)
GoodWatch score 80

Screenplay

So Red the Rose
So Red the Rose (1935)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer

Here Is My Heart
Here Is My Heart (1934)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

The Song of Songs
The Song of Songs (1933)
GoodWatch score 74

Writer

Merrily We Go to Hell
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
GoodWatch score 82

Screenplay

Wild Girl
Wild Girl (1932)
GoodWatch score 64

Screenplay

Never the Twain Shall Meet
Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931)
GoodWatch score 51

Screenplay

Romance
Romance (1930)
GoodWatch score 48

Screenplay

The Lady of Scandal
The Lady of Scandal (1930)
GoodWatch score 56

Adaptation, Writer

1920s

4 titles · average score 56
The Unholy Night
The Unholy Night (1929)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay

The Whip Woman
The Whip Woman (1928)

Writer

Man-Made Women
Man-Made Women (1928)

Writer

Husbands for Rent
Husbands for Rent (1927)

Story